"jacob navia" wrote in message ...
Your opinion is being published by the conservative media
since a long time, it is nothing new.

The idea is to destroy yet another collective undertaking
(NASA) and substitute it with "private enterprise".

The usual M.O..

Took an establisted national organization, defame it, deconstruct
piece by piece, make it to do bad things and make it look like it done
bad things on it owns, someone suggest privatization to make things
better, privatization occurs, a 'miracle' happened and things get
better, privatization is heralded as the saviour of the whole thing.

Of course, we should remember, what happened after things were
privatized? Who own them now that they're 'private' ventures?

Of course, if you are a billionaire and willing to spend
some money in your private hobby, you will be able
to get into space.

Actually, it's questionable on whether the billionaires that
previously went to LEO went there because of their cash or because of
their political status.

For example, Mark Shuttleworth's travel seems more in the term of
political purposes, and also it's noted that he too took part in doing
the experiments in LEO.

Just remember, some billionaires become billionaires not just because
they are quite saavy in the financial area, but also because they are
involved in politics. One wrong move in politics, one could be no
longer a billionaire.

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Obviously even the billionaires will never be able to
*really* finance the stuff.

Enter the russians.

They will do it.

They are *already* flying billionaires into orbit.

Your proposition will please them, since it will mean
more customers.

The practical consequences of your way of thinking
is to destroy the american space program.

"To destroy" is a such harsh thing, a much better way of putting it
is, "to weaken it so it can be take over".

The Russian space program is currently weak, the American space
program is currently weak, what is next is for a 'saviour' to come,
take over them, and revitalize them.